Telegram-herald., 1887-09-19
SENSIBLE ARGUMENT
eScsllsNT ADVICE TO KALAMAZOO.
WAY HAT city shoasd hsasunos tie state
Pair sad tnfts With Grsnd kSpias
ia sspporttGx gks Westsrn
Mishigzn sesisfy.

'~ta@~ "~~t%tte
The following from The kalamazoo Tsls-
eFafA Of Saturday evening Will prove inter
esiins 10 tbe readers Of the TKI EskAS-
HEkALD ~ this time and should be remsm-
Dere1 by tie people Of Centrsl. Soutnera,
Northern aud Western Michigan and az
lowed 10 innuenoe their actions u the
iniufe.
Previous 70 the departure of Mr. II Dale
Adams for Grand Rapids Thursday evening
that gentleman, IL conversation With
Ietsgrqpt reporter, outlined project which
viii undoubtedly bs of great interest 10
Kalamazoo people and which. al any rate
IL would be profitable for them TO consider
carefully. NJ. Adams was called TO Grand
Rapids bE the requirements 81 his position
as one OF the Executive BOar1 OF the VI est
ern Michigan h air Association aud the re
porter who met him al the depot naturally
put the conventional inquiries a. to the
probable success 0f the fair this yesr.
1T will be br far the most successful one
wa have ever held said ar. Adams easing
bis weight of the foot which be had
smashed 50 painfully few DAYS ego. In
the speeding class. We hang mp s. 800.
There are eleven purses in all, with three
running races and combination race. Ia
the other departments the management
scale and the exhibit which viii be made
n.1It week will astonish the public in the
number and variety OF the entries The
prize military drill for which liberal
premiums are offered will furnish .
pleasing diversion for spectators dur
ing one day of the fairs continuance. The
Society Is in a very prosperous condition,
having $4,000 in its treasury and the en-
lightened, progressive policy which il pur-
course which the fossiliZed management of
the State fair follows. A fayorite project of
mine, one that l have hoped for several
years would be ultimately realized, is to see
Kalamazoo aud Grand Rapids united on the
question Of the Western Michigan fair /
can't see what inducemsnt Kalamazoo has
TO hang any longer to the State Agricultural
Society. It's treasury, which few years ago
was lined with $4,000 or $1,000 in govern
ment bonds is now empty, its fair last year
was not success. and its prospects for the
future are particularly gloomy. The State
fair this year will not be a success any
more than it was last yesr. IL is held on
ths same days as the West Michigan fair,
the date having been fixed by them with a
view TO injuring Us, but they will find that
they will get the worst of il. The manage
ment of the State fair is in the hands of
Eastern men. fhe President, 10 be sure,
lives in Western Michigan, but the Eastern
Michigan men have a majority in
the board and outyote us every
time. know all about il, for | was on
the board several years ago. The eastern
Michigan ring have every thing their own
way and you can't break it. All future ex-
hibtions will be held at one of two places
Jackson or Detroit. No West Michigan
town need apply. When the State Fair
came 10 Kalamazoo in 1884, the understand
ing was that it should remain here at least
three years, but Notwithstanding that in
location and the excellence of her Fair
Grounds Kalamazoo is the most desirable
place in the State to hold an exhibition Of
this sort. and notwithstanding that the two
fairs held here were remarkably
successful in view of the weather
and the fact that fairs all over the country
proved failures, the management insisted on
moving it 10 Jackson in spite of all agree
ments. How the board can expect the
State Fair can be anything more than a
mere local exhibit when the only concession
they make 10 Western Michigan is to hold
a fair in this part Of the State two years out
of ten or twelve is more than can see But
while there is no longer the least induce
ment for Kalamazoo 10 feel an in terest in
the State Fair, there Is every inducement in
the world for her TO unite with Grand
Rapids to augment the prosperity of
the Western Michigan fairs. The society is
young, enterprising and aggressive. II has
been tremendously successful in the past.
and will surprise Michigan with even
grea,er degree of success in the future. It's
object ia 10 improve the industries Of West
ern Michigan, where all OF Kslamazoo's
interests lie. Oar fairs are attracting more
attention in Kalamazoo every year. The
exbioitians from here are constantly in
creasiDg and their exhibits are of q nature
that adds to the success Of the fair and the
interest felt by spectators. / have no
doubt that Grand Rapids would be glad
TO be assured OF kalamazoos active
cooperation aud that an arrange
ment would be made whereby the
fairs would be beld here part Of the time.
in fact movement of this sort was started
hy the society some time sgo, but was sbsn-
dOned. owing to kalamazo0s evident un-
willingness 10 revolt against the state agri-
cultural society and sbs1lve her allegiance
thereto. The conviction must now. how
ever. be forced upon ali who examine the
matter that Kalamazoo has nothing 10 hone
from the State society, aud that her own
material interests and those II the rich
country lying tributary TO her, together
with the fact thst her beautiful Fsir
Grounds must be abandoned and cut I'D
into building lots unless soon utilized
should lead her 20 consider iavorably the
project / have outlined"